West Bridge Journals

The Altercation

Craig jumped out of his car after he stopped at the gas pump and yelled at me, “Let me tell you something old man, you ever cut me off like that again, you and me are going to have words!” I yelled back at him, “Why wait, why wait, I’m here now. You want some of me, come on over, bring it on!” Craig; “Let me pump my gas, and me and my tire iron will be right over, you old people think you own the road!” “Yea yea, you’re all mouth skinny boy. I’ll fix you.” Craig; “You have a good weapon with that ugly face, “Yea, when was the last time you ate skinny boy?” Where do you shop for clothes, the Baby Gap?” “Yea, well when was the last time you saw your whole body in the mirror, fat man?” Blah, blah, blah…

A women who just finished pumping her gas walked toward the store muttering., “Grown men acting like this, I’ve never seen such bad behavior.” Our pastor Gary was pumping gas one row over, but decided to act like he didn’t know us.

Mean while, in the store BJ was at the counter paying for a drink, when in walks this women and tells the clerk that you may have to call the police, there are a couple of grown men at the gas pumps getting ready to fight. She said that she has not seen such behavior from grown men like that, and they got children in the car. What is this world coming to. They ought to be locked up. They are just plan sorry!

Now BJ is looking over her shoulder and all she sees is me and Craig plus some others from the church. She hurried and paid for her drink and come to the car, and said I don’t know what is going on, but we better leave before the police gets here.

Now I have always pride myself on being quick off the cuff, but I have to yield to the master. Craig is by far the king of such wit. He brings excitement everywhere he goes, whether leading the singing at church or pumping gas. Did I ever tell you about the time he played the bride in a womanless wedding? Now that was exciting and funny. If you could bottle up his happy spirit and pour it over the world, we would have a better world to live in.

I really feel bad that the lady took this the wrong way, and she was right, grown men should not act that way. But if she had known us better, she would have realized that what she saw were not two grown men, instead it was two country boys from the Corinth Community enjoying life in their own strange way. Looking back on it we should have made it right with her, however, I’m sure she used that scene to teach her children how not to act in public.

Now I know there is time to take your self serious, and I have occasionally done so, however, when I get around the Burnett’s things always happen even while buying gas next to one…well, like I said, things happen.